Mutifuel stove, chimney sweeping and chimneys!

[pineapple]

Hello folks
I'm buying a cottage with a Parkray multifuel stove in the lounge - not a pretty Parkray but one with an ugly 60s look. It connects via a horizontal pipe/flue straight into the wall - there is no chimney breast just a tiled splashback as ugly as the stove. However there is a proper chimney externally.
I'm waiting to hear from the vendor how they swept the chimney - if ever. The only way I can see is by disconnecting the pipe from the wall. Has anyone come across this arrangement?
I suspect there isn't a liner.
Was describing the situation to a stove specialist. He said that if replacing
with a cast iron stove standing (similarly) proud of the wall they would need to connect from the top of the stove running the pipe part way up the wall then into the chimney flue.
Since this is a 17th century cottage I'm trying to find out if there is an inglenook/recess which has been bricked up/boarded over. I need to check it out anyway - heard a horror story today about a house buyer finding charred wood in the wall behind the stove they were replacing.

 

[Burnerman]

Yet another poorly thought out installation, unfortunately....I guess there isn't a soot door outside either?
What are the possibilities of sweeping the chimney from the top.....I'm being serious here!
John

 

[pineapple]

A soot door? Don't think so but I'll check! I've fired off various questions to the absentee owner - a semi retired vicar (I'm hoping this means he is at least honest) plus we are meeting up after his Easter services!! Actually I'm pricing up replacement stoves anyway. So would remove the current stove and investigate what's behind the tiling. So that should give access for sweeping. Hoping to discover a recess/inglenook where we could site a replacement stove.
Is it possible to sweep from the top? Surely you would just end up with a lot of soot and debris falling down the chimney and clogging things up at the bottom.

 

[Burnerman]

Sometimes there's little option with set ups like yours.......basically I close the stove vents and dampers after removing the top baffle plate. Then, it's up onto the chimney stack to push the brushes downwards.
With the evil deed done, it's into the stove with an industrial vac.
I only do this on single storey properties!!
Stoves with a top outlet flue are easier, but only if the chimney is lined.
John

 

[Mister Paul UK]

 

[Bosswhite]

Dont let "elf and safety" see this video !!!